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Names for Nick Jr Animals

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These guys are sometimes called the Nick Jr animals, tho their group name will be called something else. These guys are all different species and genders, tho despite that, they still coexist with one another without killing each other somehow. Come on and meet the crew. Anyways, here are all their names and genders.

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UC Davis Named in Criminal Complaint for Mistreatment of Lab Animals

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The University of California, Davis is the focus of a major federal complaint charging it and two other nationally known university research centers have killed dozens of primates through traumatic injuries, veterinary negligence and other violations. The others are the University of Michigan and University of Louisiana/New Iberia.

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Weekend Protest Against the Oregon National Primate Research Center

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In support of National Primate Liberation Week, the Portland Animal Defense League hung a banner that read "OHSU: Stop Killing Monkeys Now!" Stop Animal Exploitation Now, an Ohio-based animal rights group, recently ranked the lab at Oregon Health & Science University as the nation's sixth worst animal lab out of 44 others.

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Birding the Kruger Park (4): Letaba area

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Others are being killed for use in traditional medicine. “Arrow-Marked Babblers move around in gangs of a dozen or so, like troops of monkeys or wild dogs, constantly chattering among themselves. This can lead to birds being poisoned. If that sounds stupid, that is because it is. Not a very appealing thought.

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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

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That means crows join humans, apes and monkeys in exhibiting advanced relational thinking, according to the research. I knew a guy who studied depression in a group of people living in the Andes, where periods of depression appeared to come on when the humans detected infrasound caused by distant thunderstorms.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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It's one that's brought on, no doubt, by the acts of vandalism and intimidation of radical animal-rights groups, but I think it also serves to insulate the research community from any responsibility it might otherwise have to increase transparency and public engagement with the work. Part V: Me and My Monkey.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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The Cherokee nation called them “Peace Eagles” owing to the fact that they never killed a living thing – and also that they tended to show up in numbers after battled when peace treaties were being signed, though admittedly that may have been for a slightly more macabre reason. millions years ago. New World Vultures.